H-K (Hunter-Killer)

How could no one post on this song Burton c bell really brings it home wiht this lol

This song i feel roughly its burton or whoever becoming a "terminator" ( fear factory whole man and machine thing) a killing machine as "the conscious man is dead and i buried him" losing his human form and beneath his "scarred tissue" that rules and morals of society have make him grow this fake layer of skin merges an "armored skeleton" a pure human\"machine", a "delinquent survivalist". and he's angry.lol. and thsi natural pure being is being frown upon "withour fear and no regrets" regarded as a "criminal" something society "detests". Yet killing is just natural in what seems his natural justice killing spree's of "moralizing".

who knows. anyways this song owns

Hard to get the message here, the "criminal" part still eludes me. Machines have no feelings, they act on command, they make no mistakes. Killing the human part means being rid of man's weaknesses: fear, love, hope.

I think it's a metaphore for society today. It doesn't exactly mean a "machine" but how guns are generally out of control.

I whole-heartedly agree with cairey, though it's a lot more than just "guns." :\

Actually, the whole Demanufacture album is a concept album, detailing a man's struggle against the machine-controlled government. I think this song is after he starts killing government officials and is branded an outcast and hunted by the machines.

Ok... "H-K (Hunter Killer)" are those various types of unmanned machines that fly around in the Terminator films... The song is about BEING one of those machines... YOU RETARDS! GO AND WATCH THE TERMINATOR!

well if you have all seen the film terminator you would find that them flying machine gun ships are infact called hunter killers.

Okay, I'll pull this song apart: The conscious man is dead And I buried him

• I think this part is talking about a human, who in his struggle against machines has alienated himself from his inner humanity.

Beneath this scarred tissue Armored skeleton The machine is now alive Desensitized with open eyes Powered by an angry mind And is refuelled by those I despise

• I think in order to fight the machines, he himself has become one - but I also think this part is not literally - a la Terminator, but rather a metaphor. Those he despises are the machines - fight fire with fire so to speak.

I've become what they detest A delinquent survivalist Without fear and no regrets They fucking say I am a criminal

• Self explanatory - he has gone against the machines - become a bee in their bonnet if you will. He unlike the rest of humanity has broken away from the machines rules and is now an outcast.

I must steal To survive I must kill To moralize Leaving people victimized Fuels my angst inside

• I think this section talks about his struggle overall - he has gone against his own humanity - however the ironic phrase "I must kill to moralize" refers to not only the killing of machines - but humans as well - the machines have forced him to take drastic measures and part of that is reminding people of true humanity - that being that they can go against their morals and values - something the machines have taken away.

I'm your judge And your jury You don't get An attorney With my verdict Of guilty An execution in fury

• Judge Dredd anyone?

The machine is now alive To wreak havoc in your lives There's no use to hold me back I am ready to attack

• Again his stance against everyone - he is now an outcast survivalist - and will wreak havoc on the machines and those who follow them.

I've become what they detest A delinquent survivalist Without fear and no regrets They fucking say

I am a criminal I am a criminal I am a criminal I am a criminal

• They i think is both humanity and the machines - he is now an outcast from all vestages of society - and with a lack of resolve in the song - it is up to the listener to determine his fate.